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Opus Artist and Store Demos

Refine your skills, learn something new, or get inspired by other artists sharing their ideas and methods. Visiting Artist and Staff Demos are informative, free and happening at an Opus near you.

  • Scratching the Surface of Watercolour with Frank Townsley
    Location: 
    Langley
    Sat, February 4th, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

    Local watercolour artist Frank Townsley will demonstrate how to incorporate scratching techniques when painting waves, icicles, and trees, as well as how making graduations apply to painting skies, leaves, and spheres. Frank studied landscape watercolour painting under Paul Souze and was admitted into the Federation of Canadian Artists in 1979. In addition to his painting, he teaches painting and photography at school boards, senior centers, and private clubs.

  • Experimenting with Substrates
    Location: 
    Kelowna
    Sat, February 4th, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

    Come and discover fresh alternative ways to build and transform your surface for a creative starting point in your art work.

  • Stretch and Prepare Your Canvas for Painting
    Location: 
    Granville Island
    Sun, February 5th, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

    Concentrating on the benefits of stretching and preparing a custom surface for painting, this demo will cover the properties of canvas weights, demonstrate how to assemble a frame using our stretcher bars, and provide an overview of the different gessos and grounds that we carry at Opus.

  • Beyond the JPEG Presentation: Using Digital Images as a Starting Point
    Location: 
    Downtown Vancouver
    Sat, February 11th, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

    BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! Visit your favourite Opus this month as we demonstrate how using digital images as a starting point can result in the creation of uniquely original artwork. Learn simple techniques that can turn your everyday photos into one-of-a-kind works of art. See how you can get fresh results in your mixed media work by enhancing digital prints on canvas or paper with a wide variety of paints, mediums, drawing materials, and finishes. Leave with a myriad of ideas for how you can incorporate digital imagery into your current fine art practice.
    Space is limited. Contact your local store to register.

  • Pouring Medium & Other Fluid Mediums
    Location: 
    North Vancouver
    Sat, February 11th, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

    Discover the loose, flowing effects you can get when using pouring and fluid mediums with acrylic paints and inks!

  • Mixed Media with Acrylic Grounds
    Location: 
    Victoria
    Sat, February 11th, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

    Mixing drawing materials and painting can broaden the scope of your artwork. You’ll see samples of some textured acrylic mediums that will make the surface of your painting responsive to silver metal, graphite, coloured pencil, charcoal, and more. Come be inspired by the endless possibilities!

  • Intro to Digital Grounds & Mediums
    Location: 
    Langley
    Sat, February 11th, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

    Explore the huge range of Golden Digital Mediums and Grounds! Get to know our ever expanding array of mediums, grounds, digital papers, and cards. Incorporate these versatile products into your art for inspirational results.

  • Patterns and Stencils for Mixed Media
    Location: 
    Kelowna
    Sat, February 11th, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

    Use paper, lace, or even cardboard stencils to open the possibilities of creative experimentation in your art practice.

  • Cold Wax & Other Oil Mediums
    Location: 
    North Vancouver
    Thu, February 16th, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

    Learn about the products that you can use with your oil paints to achieve different effects.

  • Watermedia on Non-Traditional Surfaces with Alesha Fowlie
    Location: 
    Victoria
    Sat, February 18th, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

    Think outside the box and explore the use of watercolour and other watermedia on various creative surfaces with Alesha Fowlie....Read more

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